Both are kinda meh... And taj is using a sig he made already and got CnC'ed on, which is really, really stupid. It also breaks the anonymity. Anyways,
I vote for Entry 1. Entry 1 has some nice ideas, but the exposure is a bit high and the flow is non-existent. There are 4 focal points, so I'm not exactly sure what I'm supposed to look at either. But the addition of the glowing Neo-Spacians (Or, I think they are) cards and Jaden holding the GX logo is pretty cool. Entry 2, pretty unfair that you already got other people's advice when it supposed to be a sig you made alone. The colors are cool, the render itself is meh. IMO, the quality is weird. Background is nice, but the blending is off. The skin blends too well, can't fully see the borders near the face, the hair blends well and the coat stands out waaayyy too much. That being said, I stand by my vote, 2 lost it because of the whole thing going on beforehand. That shouldn't be allowed, you should make your sig and not have others appraise it beforehand.
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